rockarage

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by rockarage 9y ago
>>Had Uber not have done that, the lobbyists for the Taxi industry would have kept the status quo. Uber has lobbyist now, working to change laws to benefit what they want to do, i.e. no fingerprint background checks for drivers in Aus
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by rockarage 9y ago
It is an advantage but it is not huge, it is not moat-like. They have more money to spend marketing and subsidizing rides. Again you said: "Fasten had to lower their rates" It is a price war, it is not truly about innovation in th
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by rockarage 9y ago
Good for Uber, because their leadership was overrated, Uber could be better offer with new leadership Here's why: 1.) Uber defeated much of their competition by burning cash in monetizing schemes that are shady and unsustainable. http
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by rockarage 10y ago
"Looming large in this sector are Facebook and Google, each with its own armies of engineers working to compete. Glueck shrugs off these threats: The market is plenty big." What makes Glueck think Facebook and Google wants to sh
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by rockarage 10y ago
Smartphone Innovations is far from over it is just harder. Upcoming innovations: 1.)Superior camera: Incredible Low Light sensitivity, Incredible compensation / correction for camera shake, will be better than any current implementatio
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by rockarage 10y ago
Yes they do, however in some cities there are so many Uber X drivers so Uber does not have to send Uber X request to Uber Black drivers.
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by rockarage 10y ago
Travis is right on a technicality they did not lower Uber Black prices much if any. What they did instead was coerced Uber Black drivers to take Uber X request. Yes drivers can reject Uber X request, but if you reject a certain amount of Ub
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by rockarage 10y ago
Third Party Live TV content is significantly more expensive, competitive & complicated than the third party content Netflix pays for. To say it is a "greenfield space no one else is really jumping upon yet" is really naive, tr
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by rockarage 10y ago
Not figuring out monetization at the beginning is a problem, typically leads to issues see "Inside Medium's meltdownMedium's meltdown", most smart founders have figured it out they are just being coy. If one of your mone
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by rockarage 10y ago
Yes you do know #2 when you start. If I'm working on a cure for (name your sickness) you know there is a market. You're doing it wrong if you don't know #2 when you start. Don't be a solution looking for problem/mar
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by rockarage 10y ago
Learn from this. High Level Strategic planning & market research is often underrated by the Investors & Founders, that is why so many fail. And I can say this definitively because the reasons for failure can often be traced to one o
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by rockarage 10y ago
The original Prediction: "This is a business I know well. Jukedeck is an example of how founders and investors do not conduct appropriate market research. There is a limited market demand for low-cost royalty-free music for videos. One
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As predicted music A.I. startup original business fails(web.archive.org)
3 points by rockarage 10y ago|1 comments
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by rockarage 10y ago
Few journalist know that UBER & Lyft are operating under more restrictive regulations in NYC. These regulation include fingerprinting, drug test, medical test and a couple of classes. The cost to comply is at least $600 per driver to st
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by rockarage 10y ago
Once again, the claim isn't about the tax rate, the claim is about the top 0.1% using creative accounting to dodge their tax rate. The sources you provide does not refute that. The parent article is very specific about making the cla
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by rockarage 10y ago
Did you read the article? The article refers to the "The top 0.1 percent" who are "average income of $9.44 million". The article specifically refers to the top 0.1 percent. Why? because in theory they should pay taxes li
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by rockarage 11y ago
Have you ever tried working at fast food joint in the summer? You can work hard in the kitchen in KFC and push yourself to work even harder in the hot summer months, but that won't lead you to a better job. Students who work hard at sc
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by rockarage 11y ago
10% is a bit higher than we need to charge and 0% is not sustainable. This why Lyft is burning so much money. No need to do 0% percent, sensible drivers know you need to make some money too.
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by rockarage 11y ago
This is the reason for my comment, looking for like minded individuals & teams.
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by rockarage 11y ago
Yes lower fees for drivers and passengers. Uber is wasting too much money on shtick marketing, too many managers & executives and expanding to other countries with anticompetitive laws. My approach will involve a relatively smaller oper
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by rockarage 11y ago
Lyft is an inadequate competitor to Uber. You can't compete with Uber if you have a very similar business plan, a plan that involves taking too much money from drivers. The problem with all these platforms is that they believe they hav
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by rockarage 11y ago
No, they were not forced to yield to the establishment, they chose the establishment because it is the path with seemingly less risk. There is a meaningful difference, by using well know and established music it becomes easier to gain the h
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by rockarage 11y ago
This is a much better path to follow, royalty-free music market is so limited, and I see interesting tech going to waste, if you want more market data on this, It is available.
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by rockarage 11y ago
I have actually helped a company where our initial interaction was via an internet comment, so don't make assumptions. Stating market reality is not being harsh, there is an abundant supply of royalty free music available at a very low
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by rockarage 11y ago
That's a very interesting target, although It's doubtful it will meet the needs of their vc investors. It is an interesting project, but it is in the wrong target market.
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by rockarage 11y ago
What's harsh is burning through 3 million dollars while you're trying to figure out what's wrong. If my statments leads to a major change that saves the company that is a good thing.
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by rockarage 11y ago
Your case is an exception, the majority of royal-free music companies do not police their content this way.
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by rockarage 11y ago
Sure, but most people want to use popular music, as a result the most popular video editor for istagram has licensed popular music* from the majors. This is not a novel business. * http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media&#x
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by rockarage 11y ago
This is a business I know well. Jukedeck is an example of how founders and investors do not conduct appropriate market research. There is a limited market demand for low-cost royalty-free music for videos. One could argue there is an oversu
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by rockarage 11y ago
If you believe you can do better consider acquiring Assembly. It is better to start with a community that understands the goals & potential for failure than to start from scratch with a community that does not understand the risk. Moreo

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